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A comment on the question "opencandy" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

Uh, GWT, there is no candy anymore. Seriously. It isn't in our installer. Take a look. – jessep, on September 23, 2009 18:54

A comment on the question "opencandy" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

Hey, just to be clear this is because IEPro has OpenCandy. We've taken it out of Miro. – jessep, on September 22, 2009 09:07

jessep replied on September 18, 2009 10:29 to the idea "Integration with YouTube, please! :)" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

This is definitely an interesting idea. Thanks for posting.

jessep started following the idea "Integration with YouTube, please! :)" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro).

A comment on the question "opencandy" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

FYI, we've already removed OpenCandy, due to repeated complaints. We don't condemn what they're doing, I think there's a broad misunderstanding about it. At the same time, we didn't want to piss people off anymore, especially around issues of privacy, so we just took it out. – jessep, on August 09, 2009 17:06

jessep replied on June 12, 2009 00:15 to the idea "Miro Guide isn't promoted enough on the homepage" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

This is a really good point. I've wondered about this before. How would you suggest we do this most effectively?

Would a prominent link to the guide be enough?

A comment on the question "opencandy" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

Okay, talked to the OpenCandy guys about this, and figuring out the best way to disclose what's going on. They're going to add a comment to this thread explaining exactly what they do, and we're going to disclose on the site, at the time of download, that OpenCandy is included and provide more information. We'll also probably include an alternate download link for people who don't want it, but that might take a while because our developers are busy. – jessep, on June 03, 2009 15:50

A comment on the question "opencandy" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

i hear you. so what we're going to try is having a screen during install where it says, "Do you want us to recommend you some software?" and if you click yes then it'll run OpenCandy. We'll still ship Miro with OpenCandy, but unless you opt in on this screen it will never run. – jessep, on June 02, 2009 20:30

A comment on the question "opencandy" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

Dude, this is crazy. Opencandy isn't spyware, and it isn't hidden! Also it was removed when we said it was removed. OPEN CANDY CHANGED THE WAY THEIR APP WORKED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES RAISED IN THIS VERY FORUM THREAD AND WE ADDED IT BACK!!! It doesn't install itself in a hidden manner. During the install it offers you some software, if you say no it doesn't do anything. It's all very transparent. – jessep, on May 31, 2009 23:02

A comment on the question "opencandy" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

Hey Clay. As explained above, we removed the app due to the issues raised in this forum. OpenCandy then fixed their app to address the issues and we added it back in a few months later. So yes, we do ship Miro with OpenCandy and during install it asks you if you'd like to install some software. That offer is opt-in only, so you don't get anything unless you actively choose it. Do you still think this is an issue? Is there an issue with how OpenCandy operates? – jessep, on May 31, 2009 22:58

A comment on the question "opencandy" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

Hi Imagineer. Hmmm. When did you install Miro?

We did remove OpenCandy after this thread. Then a couple of months ago OpenCandy approached us saying that they had changed their install process to address the issues we had.

Their documentation said that they only added anything to the user's computer if they opted into installing something, and then they stored it in the Miro directory rather than the registry, which we thought was okay given that the recommendation page has a notification on it that is powered by open candy.

Can you explain to me where you found "entries for OpenCandy"? Was it in the registry or within the Miro directory?

Also, if you found anything with OpenCandy in it, it should mean that you opted into installing the recommended software. Do you remember doing that? – jessep, on May 14, 2009 12:50

jessep replied on April 13, 2009 22:56 to the praise "The best podcatcher there is" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

Thanks!

jessep replied on April 13, 2009 15:47 to the problem "NOT A GOOD PROGAM.... decieving and unreliable" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

Hi. I'm sorry to say that you've been mislead. Miro is a free program, downloadable at www.getmiro.com. Can you please tell us which website you downloaded the program from?

Thanks,
Jesse

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jessep replied on April 09, 2009 22:09 to the question "Been waiting far to long for a reply. this site sucks." in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

Hi Rick,

I'm sorry to say it, but I don't think you should use Miro. I think it's too complicated for you, given that you aren't too familiar with computers. Regarding walking you through it on the phone, we just can't do that. We don't have time. We're only 10 people and we're all working constantly and hard to make this project as successful as possible. Please realize that there are 1 million other people using Miro too, and we can't get on the phone with all of them. It would take literally all of our time.

Anyway, I wish you the best of luck. I suggest simply going to the webpages of sites you want to watch and clicking the play button whenever you see it.

Good luck!

~Jesse

jessep replied on April 09, 2009 13:49 to the question "Been waiting far to long for a reply. this site sucks." in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

Hey, your descriptions are pretty general, so it is hard to help. The kind of content you watch in miro is totally irrelevent, adult, nature, sports, news, it's all just video to Miro. All Miro cares about are the file types and technology bits of playing, organizing, watching video.

Also, Miro doesn't actually combine the parts of an individual video for you. Where did you see that? If you are more specific about what you are trying to do, maybe I can help you.

jessep replied on March 16, 2009 16:19 to the question "Miros "Search" is Fubar, really, it is..." in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

Also, we're working on improving search, and tagging is on our list too. I personally want tagging pretty badly.

jessep replied on March 13, 2009 18:13 to the question "miro will not stop downloading things i did not choose." in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

Hi Joseph. That means you have feeds that are set to auto-download. When you add a feed to your sidebar from the Miro Guide, this is the default setting. To stop the downloads from happening, follow these steps:

1) Click the feed in the Miro sidebar
2) Look at the top left within the channel window, you should see text that says, "Auto Download" with a little thing to the right that says, "New".
3) Change "New" to "Off"

This is how it should look:


Please let me know if this works.

Best,
Jesse

jessep replied on March 06, 2009 11:19 to the question "Viruses" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

Hi Sam. No, we don't include spyware or adware. Why do you ask, by the way? Did something happen?

jessep replied on February 26, 2009 15:49 to the question "Miro guide opening pop ups?" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

hey thisfred. we changed the guide to only show ads to people using 2.0 or later versions of Miro. Can you please check it out and verify that you aren't getting popups anymore?

thanks.